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Friday, July 20, 2012

Scrappin' Your Stash

The excitement of CHA can be felt all over the scrappy web. It's
always so exciting to see what our favorite manufacturers have come up
with to delight our scrappy senses. I know I'm not the only one who
struggles with balancing wanting more new goodness and using up the
goodness we still have in our stash. As much as we want to bring brand
new scrappy goodness into our home, we have a slight sense of guilt over
all the scrappy supplies we still have piled up, staring us in the face
ever time we sit down to scrap. For today's post, I thought it may be a
good idea to showcase a couple of ideas to help us use up some of that
stash to make room for some of the new CHA goodness we've got our eye
on. So I gathered up my Crate Paper
Pretty Party Collection pack, and some other random supplies that have
been gathering dust in my space and got to work.

First an altered tin. Add
a little Mod Podge, eliminate a few things here and there, and voila a
cute little tin for my 10 year old girly, girl to keep her treasures in.

Next
up a layout.

This design uses 10 different strips of paper.
It's not a new design by any means but efficient in helping you to make a
dent in that stash of yours. Have a look and you'll see what I mean.

To
create this design I began by using a lightweight piece of cardboard I
recycled from my pocket page protector packaging.

I
cut the piece of cardboard to 12" x 6.75". I then marked the center
point on the cardboard and drew angular lines about every two inches all
the way around.

Next
I sliced the pieces apart, and numbered them so that I could replicate
it easily once the pieces of patterned paper were cut out. This will
also allow you to keep, and reuse the pieces over, and over again.

Because the traced pieces are always slightly larger than the original
there will be a tiny bit of overlapping at the center. This is easily
covered up once you put your layout together. I like the look of stitching on my pages, and this is a great design for it.

Remember
we're trying to use up our stash, so I've layered several die cut
shapes, and boarder stickers that came with the collection around my
photos.

And here is the final product.

The photos are from Tuesday when two of my longest standing friends came over for the afternoon. It had been a long time since we'd all been together. Hover your mouse over the photo to read the journaling.

I
hope I've been able to inspire you to dig into your stash and put some
of the scrappy goodness you've been hoarding, or just haven't gotten
around to using, to good use. What kinds of empty little containers
have you been saving that could benefit from a little sprucing up with
pretty paper, ribbon, and embellishments? Canning jars? Pringle
tubes? Little vases from the Dollarstore? I'm sure you don't have to
look too hard to find something. And what about all those layouts
you've been pinning, or adding to your 'favorites' folder that use a lot
of little bits of paper and tags, or die cuts, or journal spots? Maybe
it's time to lift one and make some room in your stash for the new
goodness that's sure to arrive in the store witin the next month or
two. If you do decide to tackle your stash we'd sure love to come and
have a peek, be sure to link us up.